CONSTANT DOLLAR is when the dollar amount is adjusted for inflation.
OPERATIONAL GEARING is the higher the proportion of fixed costs relative to variable operating costs, the higher the operational gearing. This results in greater business risk. A retailer has high fixed costs relative to variable costs, so has a lot of business risk. See GEARING and FINANCIAL GEARING.
FIXED BOND pays an income stream and redemption payment at maturity that is fixed in monetary terms; however, high inflation will erode the real value of these payments.
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